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Steven Weigum, the principal of Ute Meadows Elementary School arrested in connection with alleged sexual assault on a minor, was officially charged March 17.

Weigum, 55, faces counts of aggravated incest, sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, and sexual assault by a person in a position of trust as a pattern, all felonies. An additional charge of invasion of privacy, a misdemeanor, was filed after Weigum’s first court appearance.

The Jeffco school board has unanimously approved salary guidelines for teachers hired this year who have teaching experience in other districts, have master’s degrees, or are working in hard-to-fill positions.

The Rotary Club of Evergreen is embarking on a second Legacy Project for the community, said Rotary member Laurie Romberg.

“We want it to be something that gives the most benefit to the Evergreen community and is sustainable,” she said.

The first such project was in 2005 when the organization created the Rotary Gallery at Center/Stage, Romberg said. Since then the club has been involved with other service projects that were not in the “legacy” category, she added.

The Pottery of Indian Hills exhibit at the Hiwan Homestead Museum in Evergreen reflects an era when a pueblo flourished in the mountain community.

The brightly glazed works in hues of turquoise and brown were created at the abandoned NaTeSo Pueblo in Indian Hills, which Willard Spence of Denver purchased in 1949. After attempting to revive the pueblo that George Olinger, a developer of Indian Hills, established as a tourist attraction in the early 1920s, Spence began making pottery at the site.

An investigation into the death of a female inmate at the Jeffco jail is awaiting the findings of an autopsy report.

The Sheriff’s Office has completed interviews in its investigation and is awaiting the coroner's report on Jennifer Lobato, 37, said sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley. That report could take several more weeks to complete.

Jeffco Public Schools and the teachers union have agreed to take part of their current contract negotiations behind closed doors.

The sides agreed early on to form small groups made up of representatives and experts to examine several priority topics. The smaller groups will meet to come up with options before the full bargaining teams gather again to hammer out a final agreement. The next public negotiations are slated for April 13.

Employees were evacuated and the Kaiser Permanente clinic in Evergreen was closed since Wednesday, March 11, because of a glycol leak, according to a spokeswoman. The clinic was expected to reopen Wednesday.

The Kaiser office at 2942 Evergreen Parkway was closed Tuesday, said Amy Whited, a spokeswoman for the company. Doctors and about 15 other workers were temporarily re-assigned to Kaiser Permanente's Wheat Ridge or Lakewood offices, Whited said.

The recent move by Jeffco Public Schools and the teachers union to take portions of contract negotiations behind closed doors falls into a murky area of Colorado’s Open Meetings Law.

The district and the Jefferson County Education Association opened negotiations this month, and both sides agreed early on to break into small study groups and examine several priority topics. The two groups announced last week that meetings of the small groups would not be open to the public.